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For retail stores, it's been a very un-merry holiday

The 2008 holiday sales season is one of the worst for retailers in decades, as the economy and job losses crushed the typical year-end shopping exuberance.

CNNMoney

Frigid Christmas for retailers

CBS News

Cleanup impeded across Chesapeake

Despite 25 years and almost $6 billion, the government campaign to clean up the Chesapeake Bay has failed to meet its deadlines.

MSNBC

Israeli air force attacks Gaza, many casualties

Israel's air force fired missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing at least 170 and wounding 200 more, a Gaza police source and witnesses said.

Reuters

Hamas: Our leaders do not fear death

Al Jazeera

Scenes of destruction in Gaza

BBC

Pakistan moves troops to India border

Pakistani troops have been moved from Pakistan's western border with Afghanistan to the Indian border amid fears of an Indian ground incursion.

CNN

Remembering Bhutto one year on

BBC

U.N. to launch Bhutto death investigation

CNN

Suffering Ohio begs for federal lifeline

Governors and mayors are lining up to ask for billions of dollars to plug holes in their budgets, arguing that joblessness will rise unless Washington comes to the rescue.

MSNBC

Transit agencies look to Obama for funds

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Times Square New Year's Eve ball debut

The new, multi-colored LED Waterford Crystal ball that drops in Times Square to signal the start of the new year is now being displayed at its soon-to-be permanent perch.

USA Today

Cash-strapped states are cutting juvenile justice programs

State budget cuts are forcing some of the nation's youngest criminals out of counseling programs and into juvenile prisons in what critics contend is a move that will lead to more crime.

Houston Chronicle

Hawaii island of Oahu loses power during heavy storm

The island of Oahu lost power in the midst of a storm, leaving some 800,000 residents and thousands of tourists in the dark, including President-elect Barack Obama.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Waikiki-gate sends reporters on a hunt for dolphins and shaved ice

CBS News

POLITICS

Blagojevich says he's fighting

Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich said that if what he's done as governor is an impeachable offense, he's living on the "wrong planet" and is in the "wrong place."

ABC News

Obama report on Blagojevich

CBS News

RNC candidate distributes controversial Obama song

RNC candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.

The Hill

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston set box office records

The former couple both had movies in competition for the top spot on Christmas Day, and while Aniston's film pulled in the most money, both movies were winners at the box office.

People

Fritz Scholder's art and identity

Fritz Scholder broke almost every rule there was for an American Indian artist. He shunned the sentimental portrayal of traditional Indians and in so doing helped pave the way for artists who followed.

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2009 to arrive not a second too soon

Time will stand still for one second on New Year's Eve. As a result, a "Leap Second" will be added to 2008, allowing a lagging Earth to catch up to super-accurate clocks.

SPACE.com

Problems seen with American e-voting

Election ballots could be safely distributed electronically to Americans overseas, but getting their votes back securely could present problems.

Salon.com

ENVIRONMENT

Activists throw 'stink' bombs at whalers

Environmentalists chasing a Japanese whaling fleet off Antarctica threw "stink" bombs and dye at one of the vessels, Japanese authorities and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said.

Reuters

US manages to edge out Germany as world wind power leader

In 2008, the United States passed Germany to become the world leader in wind generation, said the American Wind Energy Association in its year-end report.

Environment News Service

First U.S. offshore wind farm project moves forward

Reuters

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Giving all year round at Chicago church

The members of a suburban Chicago church operate on a shoestring budget so it can stick to a mission: Give 100 percent of offerings gathered from the collection plate to those in need.

USA Today

Archbishop attacks pressure people put on themselves to be perfect

“It is not about a baby, born in pristine condition, into a perfect world. It is about God in Christ coming into a messy world, precisely because it is all messed up."

Christian Today

Columns And Op-Ed

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Barack be good

International Herald Tribune

Column (Matthew Parris):

What Africa needs more than aid money

Times Online

Editorial:

Madoff's scheme

USA Today

Column (Rick Dalton):

Save the economy: Bail out our kids

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Recovery plan leading to a new New Deal?

The Nation

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Distribution of controversial Obama song

The Hill

Editorial:

Multiplication

Columbus Dispatch

Column:

A time for renewal

Real Clear Politics

Column (Melonyce McAfee):

Bring out the Kwanzaa kinara

Slate

Column (Jeff Gordon):

Time for Cards to get in the game

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial:

Fewer people means bigger challenges

Detroit Free Press

Column:

Greediest corporate titans of 2008

Mother Jones

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GOOD NEWS

Good deed makes Christmas brighter

Jake Saunders, nine, helped make the holiday season brighter when he found — and returned — $300 during a recent Boy Scouts meeting. The family gave Saunders a $30 reward for his good deed.

Benton Evening News

Philanthropy permeates Greek life at UMass Dartmouth

Despite less than flattering stereotypes sometimes attached to these groups, at University of Mass. Dartmouth, 372 brothers and sisters have volunteered and raised money for various organizations.

Standard Times

WORLD

Zimbabwe's children 'wasting away'

Some of Zimbabwe's children are "wasting away" as political turmoil has caused a severe food shortage, according to a report from Save the Children.

CNN

Zimbabwe challenges order on release of activists

Reuters

China firms 'to pay milk victims'

Chinese dairy firms involved in the tainted milk scandal are to compensate the families of the nearly 300,000 affected children, state media said.

BBC

BUSINESS

China and US bound themselves with linked addictions

China has invested upward of $1 trillion into American government bonds and, some economists argue, lulled American consumers into complacency about their spendthrift lifestyle.

San Francisco Chronicle

Stock mutual funds crunched in 2008; only bear funds positive for year

Funds' performance stats for the year to date show that Wall Street's decline was so punishing that investors had almost nowhere to hide.

USA Today

How to connect the dots between corporate America and conservation

Knowledge@Wharton

SPORTS

Debunking the NFL's myths: An elite run game is critical, right?

Vital as they're portrayed to be, a staunch running game doesn't guarantee victory, nor does winning the turnover battle.

USA Today

Warriors deal Celts back-to-back losses for 1st time this season

Stephen Jackson scored eight straight points in the fourth quarter, and the Golden State Warriors sent Boston to back-to-back losses for the first time this season by rallying past the Celtics 99-89.

ESPN

HEALTH

A cancer drug found to work against rejection of transplants

A drug used to treat cancer has proven effective at stopping the body from rejecting a transplanted organ when other treatments failed, a study said.

Times of India

Vigorous treadmill workout can curb appetite hormones

Aerobic exercise is better than non-aerobic activities at suppressing appetite, according to a U.K. study.

HealthDay

New laser melts body fat

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Teaching the teachers about what's changed in education

Today's average teacher, a white, middle-class female, may not feel prepared in front of a classroom of children from various backgrounds .

The Plain Dealer

Technology is the key to award-winning district's excellence

A North Carolina school system won a national excellence award. The superintendent credits technology for distance education, teacher development, and data-driven decision making.

eSchool News

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